Posts by Starfish

Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it

Exactly the same as Citrix

As an ex-Citrix person, this was (is) their exact playbook too. Stop all support for perpetual licensing through ending Support, and force everyone on subscriptions. They'll dress it up as being a technical requirement (we need to continually verify your machines are compliant!) but it's all about that lovely on-going subscriber revenue feed.

And now with their on-line licensing server requirement, you can't just shut up shop and keep everything as it works today. You need to have a internet-exposed connection out to verify your license files every 3 months, or else... Funnily enough, that license data will also be continually reporting precious usage information to help the next sales cycle.

GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners

Re: Bloody weasely words

Exactly. Postponing it until I can be wrapped up inside some bigger news and it can slip under the radar.

Speccy clone storms back for Christmas without a shred of Sinclair code

1986, not 96

Amstrad bought Sinclair back in the mid-80s after the C5 electric car/bike (and QL I suppose) bankrupted the company.

Help desk boss fell for ‘Internet Cleaning Day’ prank - then swore he got the joke

Re: On a lighter note....

You must've been there the same time as me, around 1995.

Magical days.

VodafoneThree to offshore UK network jobs to India

Yup, along with "Subscriber prices won't be affected"

The UK Telco industry has had envious eyes on Canadian and US pricing for years (i.e. upwards of $50 CAD per month for a standard service), and this merger is another step on getting there.

Apple's ultra-thin iPhone flops as foldable iPad hits a crease

Camera bump renders the whole experiment pointless

I could see the point in a thin phone - but the camera bump means by time you add a case the whole phone will be the same thickness as the bump.

Bad design that would have never happened under Jobs / Ive's watch.

Vodafone, Three hustle to tie knot before regulators crash wedding

Sure, prices won't go up, the same way that we wouldn't be charged for European roaming.

Claims emerge that Citrix has doubled price of month-to-month partner licenses

Broadcom playbook

This is no surprise - and it's straight from the Broadcom playbook.

Since Citrix was bought out by a PE, and installed ex-Broadcom Tom Krause as it's CEO, there's barely a quarter that goes by without a new hire from Broadcom being announced on the ELT.

You want to know Citrix's strategy for 2024? Just look at what Broadcom did 6-12 months ago. It's as simple as that.

Don't like your cell network? Legal unlocking ends TONIGHT in US

@Shitpeas - The first rule of giving abuse on the internet - make sure your point is correct, or you really come over as a self-righteously wrong arsehole.

Operators use contracts to claw back the subsidy. Unlocking does not end a contract.

Five... freshly picked iOS gaming apps

But is it worth 7 quid?

That second sentence there got me very interested until I saw the price...

Apple's MacBook Pros chucked out ahead of iPad 2

Re: "horns of a dilemma"

Or neither.

Social levelling with the iPad

Video Consoles & Games

I've had the same thoughts before about video games - no matter how rich or powerful you are, the chances are you'll be sitting down to the exact same version of Call of Duty or FIFA as everyone else who has forty quid in their pocket.

PC World gets almost-exclusive iPad deal

Apt

Makes sense I suppose since the kind of people who would buy an iPad would also be the type of people to pay for the over-priced, last generation IT equipment usually on sale at PC World.

Inside Microsoft's 'New Xbox Experience'

NXE is a vast improvement over the blades

I'm pretty happy with the NXE so far - okay the UK doesn't have the Netflix part but everything else seems to be an improvement. The way you can now delete games with 0 GS from your gamer history is a godsend, and it seems faster navigating through past achievements too.

@ Alex D - where the hell did you pay £400 for your xbox? The launch price was £280 max...

PS4 and Xbox 720 due by 2012, says Crysis firm

RE: Why do they call it Xbox 720

You muppet, if you turn 720 degrees you'll be facing the same way as you were in the first place!

Sony to bring GTA IV PS3 bundle to Blighty

Where is the hate?

Are my eyes deceiving me? Is this a Reg games console article without any snidey comments or typical fanboy hate from the author?

Oh, I see, it's for the PS3 rather than the Microsoft console, it all makes sense now..

Sony PS3 narrows gap with Nintendo Wii

3rd generation???

I assume you're counting along with the Playstation then?

To me personally this is the 5th gen of consoles, starting with the NES then SNES, PS, XBOX, 360.

However Wikipedia (I know, I know) reckon it's the 7th gen!

Wow - the SEVENTH generation. It's like being in the future.